Fracking

The oil and gas industry and even President Obama have been misguided in their support of natural gas as a bridge fuel to a renewable energy future. Despite the fact that when natural gas is burned, it emits half of the carbon dioxide of coal, natural gas that is leaked during the fracking process from wells, pipelines, compressors and processing units eviscerates any advantage that gas might have over coal. Methane, the primary component of natural gas is 20 to 25 more times heat trapping than carbon dioxide.